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| Name | LEE – George |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 77th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 981 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 16th March 1837 / 20 years / Dublin Ireland Comb Maker |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7 in Fair / Blue / Auburn / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Mediterranean Turkey Crimea – 3 years 6 months West Indies North America – 5 years 2 months Australian Colonies – 1 year 4 months |
| Length of Service | 22 years 53 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Sergeant / 11th October 1859 / Chatham England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimean war Medal with Alma Inkerman and Sebastopol Clasps Crimea Turkish Medal Distinguished Conduct Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | New South Wales Australia also Dublin |
| Pension Districts | 1859 2nd Dublin 1860 1st Edinburgh 1862 Tilbury 1862-1863 Western Australia 1863-Sydney (not paid) 1864 2nd East London 1864 Preston 1867 2nd Glasgow 1873 1st Liverpool |
| Pension Paid | 1/5d per diem 1871 Increased to 1/9d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 8th October 1862 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | YORK 31st December 1862 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1817 Naas Kildare Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not Yet Known |
| Siblings | Not Yet Known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | McGUIRE or McGUIN or McGill Catherine 1821 Tipperary Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Esther bap 15th June 1841 St. Paul’s Arran Quay Dublin City Ireland George B 1844 Corfu 1861 lives Edinburgh, see further information Thomas B late1850 Newport Monmouthshire Wales James B 1857 Sydney New South Wales D 1857 Paddington Sydney New South Wales |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
| Departure from Western Australia | None known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 18th October 1875 Liverpool Lancashire England Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | He deserted 6th August 1837 re-joined 7th December 1837 Confined 21st December 1837 to 9th January 1838. The 77th embarked for: Malta November 1837 Corfu February 1842 Jamaica January 1843 Halifax Nova Scotia January 1849 England May 1848 Malta March 1854 New South Wales Australia June 1857 India 1858 England April 1870 1841 British Army World Wide Index has George with the 77th at Chatham Kent England 1851 British Army World Wide Index has George with the 77th at Newport Wales Discharge: At own request his term of service of 21 years having expired. 1851 UK Census (HO 107/2452/607/18) Woollos, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales George Lee, Private 77th Regt, Married, 34, Comb Maker (Journeyman), Born Naas, Kildare Catherine Lee, Wife, Married, 30, Born Tipperary Ester Lee, daughter, 10, born Dublin, Dublin George Lee, son, 7, born Corfu. Thomas Lee, son, under 4 months, born Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales On the voyage of the York to Western Australia George Lee was the Sergeant major in charge of the guard. He appears to have left his wife and family in the UK and returned to the UK via Sydney on the Merchantman departing Fremantle on 7th March 1863 and arriving Sydney on the 28th March 1863. 1861 Scottish Census George Lee Jnr lives Edinburgh with grandmother Esther McGill and aunts Margaret Dowling (30) and Annette McGill (20) both born Dublin. He served in the 77th 1856-1860 Service Number 3, joined in 1856 at Dublin, discharged 1860 at Edinburgh, all whilst under-age “suffers from epileptic fits.” 1871 Scottish Census, possibly lives 218/224 Eglinton Street Glasgow at Govan Poor House, Irishman, a pauper aged 55 |